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Michael Cohen (Photo: Reuters) US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to violating campaign finance laws.     He said he did so at the direction of “the candidate”, for the “principal purpose of influencing (the) election”, BBC reporter Cohen’s admission on Tuesday was related to hush money paid […]

Dr. Moha Farah Jire is an Ethiopian gem far-famed for her strong ideology of Pan Africanism. She is a highly-educated investigative journalist, an intellectual and an academician. Once, she had served the Prime Minister’s media adviser. She had also worked in African Union’s Communication Department. She had played a major role in the peace-building process […]

Trump began using the slogan in September 2017, after he released a video highlighting an order he signed on expanding apprenticeships and vocational training. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of having “no imagination” for using a slogan that the president has also displayed […]

North Korea has agreed to provide key information to the United States about its nuclear warheads and secret test sites, sources said Tuesday. “North Korea plans to hand over a list of its secret nuclear test sites as well as information about its nuclear warheads to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he visits […]

  Iraninan President Hassan Rouhani in the cockpit in the cockpit of the new “Kowsar” plane © Iranian President’s website Iran has revealed its first domestic fighter jet, “Kowsar,” at a defense show. President Hassan Rouhani has apparently been checking the readiness of the aircraft himself, as he was spotted sitting in the cockpit. The […]

A member of the special police forces leaves after searching the apartment of a man who tried to attack a police staion in Cornella. Photo: AFP A man shot dead as he tried to attack a Spanish police station had come out as gay months prior and wanted to commit suicide, his wife said according […]

File Photo Russia said the U.S. dollar’s instability is pushing it to search for for other ways to settle payments with its defense industry partners. “Today, there are a lot of questions regarding the U.S. dollar, the main currency for payments under export contracts. First, how reliable is this currency? There is no certainty what […]

  Security forces bombed a house where they believe the rockets were fired from [Rahmat Gul/AP Photo] The Taliban has fired several of rockets at the presidential palace in Kabul as the Afghan president was delivering his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, police said. The attack on Tuesday prompting a ferocious […]

An Islamic State militant Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – Two suicide bombers of Islamic State were killed Monday before blowing themselves up in the city of Mosul, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Shafaq News website, the source said, “two IS members wearing explosive belts managed to infiltrate into al-Owainat village in Rabia district, […]

 There are some unlikely parallels between the Golden Arches and the DPRK’s nascent private sector North Korea is a very unusual place to do business. Markets are legal, but private property is not. Individuals cannot own machinery, land, or industrial buildings. Actually, North Koreans do not even own their own houses – they just hold tenancy rights.     Yet, […]